Assaults on staff and patients in in-house mental health facilities

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Dear Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust,

Please could you provide me with details of the following incidents that occurred in in-patient mental health facilities managed by your trust on an annual basis, broken down by year from 2011 to 2018:
1. Total number of reported patient on staff assaults in in-patient mental health facilities managed by your Trust each year
2. Total number of reported patient on patient assaults in in-patient mental health facilities managed by your Trust each year
3. Number of reported arson attempts / deliberately started fires in in-patient mental health facilities managed by your Trust each year
4. Number of reported assaults that included a weapon (knife, razor blade, needle etc) in in-patient mental health facilities managed by your Trust each year
5. Total amount paid in compensation by the Trust as a result of reported assaults by patients at in-patient mental health facilities managed by your trust each year.

Yours faithfully,

Mike Overthrow

Freedom Of Information,, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Mr Overthrow

Thank you for your request for information which is receiving our attention.

Your request was received on 28 March 2018, therefore you are entitled, under the Freedom of Information Act, to receive a response by 27 April 2018. Please note there are 2 bank holidays in this time-frame.

Your reference number is REF MCT/FOI/2017/4439.

Many thanks and kind regards,

The FOI Team
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Offices
V7, Kings Business Park
Prescot, Merseyside
L34 1PJ
0151 473 2740
www.merseycare.nhs.uk

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Freedom Of Information,, Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Dear Mr Overthrow

Please find herewith attached a reply to your Freedom of Information request.

Please also find herewith attached a Satisfaction Survey with regards to the service provided by our trust in respect of your request which we would be grateful if you could please complete and return at your earliest convenience.

Many thanks and kind regards,

The FOI Team
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Trust Offices
V7, Kings Business Park
Prescot, Merseyside
L34 1PJ
Phone - 0151 473 2740
Email - [email address]
www.merseycare.nhs.uk

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